Cardamom French Toast

Ahh, Sunday morning.
Its been a long and busy week! Even yesterday was a day full of mad running around. I have a ton of errands to run today, and go to the gym, but its a much quieter set of events than have been happening for the rest of the week.
So I get to sit, wrapped in my robe, sipping at this tea today.
This has got more cinnamon than I remember from last years version, but I still quite like it. And a pot of it, with a pretty tea cup and saucer, is a very good way to start the day!

I made this tea again this morning and did a two minute steep. I also used 1.5 tsp instead of 2 tsp. I completely forgot how sugary this already was and added Truvia out of habit. OMG, this is soooooo sweet! Despite the sugar overload accident, I can already tell this tea is better. It takes exactly like icing on a cinnamon bun.

Mmm! This is much more to my liking. In fact, this is really good! It just goes to show you, leaf quantity and infusion time really do contribute to making a good cup of tea. It doesn’t taste like French toast but who doesn’t love cinnamon buns complete with hot, dripping icing? I know I do. Raising the rating from 78 to 82.

I decided to have this as my morning tea today at work, and while I was pouring the hot water in, THREE separate people in our kitchen asked me what it was because it smelled so great.

The scent is ABSOLUTELY heavenly, I use a larger mug (16 oz) so I used 3 tsp of the tea.

Now that I am actually DRINKING the tea- I am even more in love. It has just enough sweetness from the cane sugar, and definitely reminds me of the French Toast my dad made me growing up.

Going to have to buy this one IN BULK for sure. (*Edit: The winter teas including this one from Davids are on sale right now- 20% off! Nov 20-22nd only!)

I got this tea in the Winter Collection box. I’m slowly making my way through each tea, deciding whether or not I like each one.

This one was the first I tried, and in all honesty, I wasn’t sure how much I liked it. I made it again today and each sip makes me giddy. I have no idea what cardamom tastes like, but I’m sure that comes through, and paired with the cinnamon, I definitely get the feel of a french toast. I’ve sweetened the tea with both honey and agave nectar and found that agave nectar really brings out the coconut and cane sugar.

Overall, I’m really enjoying this tea in the morning and I definitely see how it fits into the Winter Collection.

i rather enjoy this tea….to the point where i think i should pick up a bit more before it goes away, but then i can’t help but wonder if i’ll get tired of the taste, since i don’t usually love david’s teas enough to go through 100g+ Still though, i need to try this one as a latte since that’s apparently the way to do it heh

Exactly the thing after my extended oolong session of the day. Cinnamon, vanilla, custard, and a firm backbone.

Smells like French toast, tastes like French toast, looks like tea. I like it!

I’m continuing to enjoy this one with eggnog for the time being; I still think that’s the way to drink and enjoy this tea. In fact; it’s grown on me so much that I’ve cleared out tin space for it to add it to my stock of DT blends for every day drinking…

It’s funny; I’ve never really thought of myself as a fan of cardamom but this is certainly challenging my view on that spice. I blame Sil.

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQC3dBWS_FE&list=WL&index=5

Seeing this tea in store immediately reminded me of 52Tea’s Coconut French Toast w/ Cardamom Maple Syrup, and as much as I like supporting small businesses, the Canadian dollar still sucks, and I was thrilled at the idea of easy, inexpensive access to a similar tea.

I actually like the smell of this one more than 52Tea’s Coconut French Toast, I find it stronger and sweeter, but I feel like it’s missing the egg-y french toast taste that 52Teas nailed. I preferred the 52Teas base tea as well.

Overall I like it, it’s definitely one of the better teas I’ve had from David’s, and I’ll probably pick up some more to tide me over until whenever Coconut French Toast w/ Cardamom Maple Syrup gets re-blended and I can purchase more.

I will admit – I don’t think I’ve ever eaten French toast in my life, LOL. As a result, I have no idea if this is comparable to the food. I had this for breakfast this morning (black teas are my fave!), and I added some milk, thinking it might bring out the sweetness a little more than if I just drank it straight. And mmmm, this was delicious. Warm and comforting, sweet and spicy… Thumbs up on this one, for sure.